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cpanel hates apache; who hates mod_proxy

Should you grow tired of waiting on the people at cPanel to figure this whole Apache 2 thing out and, decide in the mean time you will update to Edge; You are about to go for a ride around the Internet, My Friend.

Getting cPanel to cooperate with Apache 2 is a choir in itself but; Getting Apache2 to work with Ruby on Rails is another ride around the Information Super Highway.

Using easyapache after updating to Edge was only successful for me until after I reinstalled CentOS on the VPS; Along with a fresh installation of cPanel. I opted this easy way out after I had spent hours with easyapache trying to install Apache 2 for whatever reason it wanted to try interpreting the settings from my old httpd.conf to the new httpd.conf. It either didn’t like the modules or it didn’t like the configuration or every single time I tried there was something not going right.

After reinstalling my VPS and cPanel running easyapache from Edge was a success the first time. However, this was a false hope. Upon trying to install Ruby on Rails using FastCGI with Apache 2 I didn’t find much documentation or, enough to keep me from seeing the alternative to mod_fastcgi. The alternative I came across was Mongrel which required Apache to rely on mod_proxy to control this traffic accordingly.

Apache does not include this module by default and, cPanel doesn’t give you the option to include mod_proxy as a shared module when using easyapache.

My suggestion is; You should run easyapache with the minimum amount of inclusions from easyapache to ensure the transition will not have hiccups. Once you have gotten Apache 2 working via easyapache; Download the same version of httpd from the Apache Web Site and mirror the options which easyapache made during your initial Apache 2 setup and include mod_proxy as a shared module (--enable-mods-shared="") Using apxs to compile the module didn’t seem to get the job done.

Some of the modules can’t be included during Apache’s build so I had to use apxs for some of the modules required by Mongrel. Below is what I used to recompile Apache.

# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2_2 --sysconfdir=/usr/local/apache/conf --enable-so --enable-dav --enable-dav-fs --enable-dav-lock --enable-suexec --with-suexec-logfile=/usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log --with-suexec-caller=nobody --with-suexec-uidmin=100 --with-suexec-gidmin=100 --with-suexec-docroot=/ --with-suexec-userdir=public_html --enable-logio --enable-ssl --enable-rewrite --with-ssl=/usr --enable-unique-id --enable-deflate --enable-auth-anon --enable-headers --enable-mods-shared="proxy proxy_http proxy_connect headers deflate"

You will need to use apxs to install both proxy_balancer_module and proxy_http_module. Which requires downloading this file and including the location of libxml2 when you compile it.

# ./apxs -c -I/usr/include/libxml2 -i mod_proxy_html.c

Check /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf to make sure if the module was loaded and it included libxml2. Here is a sample of what it should look like.

LoadFile /usr/lib64/libxml2.so
LoadModule proxy_html_module modules/mod_proxy_html.so

You will also need to use apxs for proxy_balancer.

# ./apxs -i -a -c mod_proxy_balancer.c

Now restart Apache if there aren’t any errors, Start working on Mongrel. I will include instructions for that tomorrow.

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cpanel developers

I think everyone is sick of having to checkout the Support Forums to get insight about updates, release dates, things of that nature.

Can we get a Blog please? I think everyone has waited long enough.

Apache 2… How about it? Anyday now?

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digg only in vain

Ok, so the people responsible for digg.com need to get it together. I can appreciate the idea behind digg.com. I think it is a great site however, is there any who manages the site? I don’t think anyone behind digg actually looks at the content submitted by members. It has turned into Lord Of The Flies.

I think what was meant to be social networking has become what I like to call ‘ digg Wars’ everyone wants to be digg President. Anything that can be accessed from a web browser it  will have get a digg sooner or later.

Examples:

It usually takes me 10-15 pages of this kind of stuff before I find something that is halfway interesting. I really don’t feel like weeding threw these posts anymore.

 

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malicious prosecution: war on drugs. part 1

In light of the recent developments in the Duke Rape Case, I decided to write this post. While it is not my intention to speculate a verdict of Guilty or Not Guilty for these Defendants. My interest is within the attention District Attorney Mike Nifong has received regarding possible Malicious Prosecution. It is not my intention to argue Guilt or Innocence for Nifong. It is the Malicious Prosecution in general that is of interest to me.

Malicious Prosecution and Misconduct from Police Officers happen more than people think. While there is a difference between the two; there are many similarities between the two.

For example, during the trial of a friend of mine; While the Jury was deliberating a verdict. They requested to see my friend’s laptop; which was confiscated as evidence during the arrest. When the Judge was presented with this request he denied the request despite the objection from the District Attorney. Before taking a recess the District Attorney was instructed once again that he was not to let the Jurors in this case have access to the laptop.

It later turns out that the District Attorney did indeed take the laptop to the Jurors Room. He had not only allowed them access to the laptop but, gave them assistance in turning it on along with pointing out were to find ‘…The Good Stuff…’

It was no surprise they came back with a verdict of Guilty, considering the very helpful District Attorney the Represent for the State was given a chance to charm this unbiased Jury of Peers.

This is just one of the many examples of Malicious Prosecution from the District Attorney but, there are several examples of Malicious Prosecution from the Judge who Presiding Judge as well. Being there was a co-defendant in the case who had written a letter that exonerated my friend from any direct knowledge that a crime had been committed; He would not accept the letter since there was a Similar Transaction from another Case (pending Trial) which my friend was a Defendant of as well. I can only assume another reason for rejecting the letter; During the illegal search of the vehicle (which was being operated by my friend) additional contraband was discovered by Police Officers.

Rejecting this letter would have separated the Defendants from Trial together. Doing this would have added another case to His Honor’s already busy Calendar along wreaking the legality of the Arrest and as this case would have, then Search which lead to having already been Arrested by Police Officers. (This doesn’t make sense, I know. Which made me wonder if this was a Court of Law or a Puppet Show.)

Another example of Judicial Misconduct which I witnessed was during a Supplemental Hearing the Trial Judge was alerted about a fictitious name given to Police Officers by the other Defendant (not my friend) which was meant to allude Police finding Warrants from another state which not only included a violation of probation but, Grand Theft Auto, Attempted Assault w/ Deadly Weapon, as well. After this was brought to the attention of the Court it wasn’t mentioned again, things continued as they were Defendants name never changed. To this day it is still listed as the fictitious name which was given.

I know for a fact there was knowledge of the Trial Judge about the fictitious name being used because; During the same Supplemental Hearing Defense Attorneys for my friend had objections about the Jury being able to hear about the pending charges against him however, the Criminal Record the other Defendant already had which included a violation of his release was not allowed to be heard.

The last time I checked; We are Innocent until proven Guilty? Or did I just hear that somewhere? I can see where someone might question the validity of the other Defendant’s Criminal Record being heard at Trial. His prior charges included Manufacturing a Controlled Substance. This particular case was a Trafficking case so, the fact the Judge didn’t allow the Criminal Record confirms that he was aware of the fictitious name being used. In a similar vein, it also proves that he had some sort of prejudice against my friend along with proving he had every intent to secure a conviction. Something was going to have to make his campaign look good next term, right? We might think he wasn’t doing his job otherwise.

This is one case of many where Police Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, and Judicial Misconduct will occur. It is sad to think that the only real chance at getting Justice is from an Appeals Court and even then the Lower Court’s Decision might be upheld. That is a long time to sit in jail; waiting for a chance that someone might see the Civil Rights which were violated and overturn the Decision.

I will have the second part of this in a few days. Your comments are welcomed.

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america’s first drug czar

Having started his career in the 1920’s as an Assistant Commissioner in the Prohibition Bureau, Anslinger in 1930 became the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), a job he held up to 1962 until he was fired by President Kennedy for insubordination. His priority was to make marijuana smoking seem the worst crime in America.Here’s a sample of his testimony and public statements:

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“Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, jazz musicians, and entertainers. Their satanic music is driven by marijuana, and marijuana smoking by white women makes them want to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and others. It is a drug that causes insanity, criminality, and death — the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”

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